2. What symbol is used to represent the Black Mask at the end of the novel?
(a) Theater masks.
(b) A blank square.
(c) A feathery Mardi Gras mask.
(d) A Lone Ranger mask.

3. Who offers the patients freedom to leave at the end of the graphic novel?
(a) Batman.
(b) Cavendish.
(c) Ruth.
(d) The Joker.

4. Who is pushed down a flight of stairs in the asylum?
(a) Doctor Destiny.
(b) Clayface.
(c) Two Face.
(d) Scarface.

5. In what does Two Face lose interest at the end of the novel?
(a) Dice.
(b) Hide and seek.
(c) His coin.
(d) Tarot cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Amadeus see when he rips the covering off his mirror?

2. How does Amadeus stop the noise that he hears coming from an empty room?

3. What does the man inside the room with Greek inscription say empowers him?

4. Which villain represents a Christ figure at the end of the novel?

5. What does Arkham carve into the floor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a memory from decades earlier described in Arkham's journal relate to the hero?

2. How does Arkham use therapy as revenge? What is the public perception of the revenge?

3. Briefly discuss the symbolism of Two Face knocking down the card house.

4. Why does Arkham write his journal? What does the location where he stores it say about him?

5. How are the challenges facing the hero as he walks through the asylum parallel to Arkham's own challenges as simultaneously reflected in his journal?

6. Explain how a statue helps save the hero's life.

7. Name one way in which the moon is symbolic of the Joker.

8. What is ironic about Cavendish calling the hero a "mommy's boy"?

9. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?

10. How does Arkham get the laughing he hears from an empty room to stop. Why does this work?

(see the answer keys)

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